RYDER VS. SIROTKIN FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES﻿

John Ryder and Andrey Sirotkin final press conference ahead of their WBA Super-Middleweight World title Final Eliminator clash on saturday night at the Copper Box Arena, London.
25th October 2018
Picture By Mark Robinson.

RYDER VS. SIROTKIN FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

Frank Smith, CEO of Matchroom Boxing:

“Thank you all for joining us here at Trinity House in London ahead of a
huge night of boxing on Saturday. It’s a huge night for Matchroom
especially, we start here in London with eleven fights, three
Championship fights and a final eliminator for the WBA
Super-Middleweight World title and then we move onto New York to see
Daniel Jacobs take on Sergiy Derevyanchenkochenko for the IBF World
Middleweight title – live both on Sky Sports and HBO.”

“A few people couldn’t join us today, Charlie Duffield and Louie Lynn –
both huge ticket sellers. They’ll be on the card early before TV
on Saturday night. Reece Bellotti and Martin J Ward both have comeback
fights after their losses.”

John Ryder – Islington, England – 26-4, 14 KOs – fighting Andrey
Sirotkin in a final eliminator for the WBA Super-Middleweight World
title:

“I’m buzzing for this fight. I’ve had two good wins and I’m looking to
get another good win on Saturday to propel myself on. There’s great
Champions in the Super-Middleweight division and it’s great division to
be part of.

“There’s no easy fights out there. Saturday night isn’t an easy fight,
I’m looking forward to it. I’ve trained hard, I’ve grafted hard with
Tony Sims, we’ve left no stone unturned. I’ve been out early mornings
with Ted, Felix and Martin. We’ve all been training hard and pushing
each other on. It’s going to be a great night.

“It’s one of them. I don’t know how it’s going to go. I’m either going
to drop him with the first shot or it’s going to be a hard-fought 12
rounder. He’s very unpredictable and he’s got a very awkward style to
get hold of. It makes for an interesting night.”

“I feel excellent. It is a massive occasion for me. I’m ready for this. I
feel great. I’ll deliver what I’m supposed to deliver on Saturday. You
will see. I’ve got no problem fighting him in London, it means nothing
to me.”

“You’re pathetic. You can’t even speak mate. You don’t know anything
about boxing. You haven’t stated any facts about boxing the whole time,
you just talk this street rubbish. You look like you’ve been nicked for
shoplifting and your mum’s dressed you for court. You’re just a div. On
Saturday, I promise you you’re not going 12 rounds.

“Everyone who wants to win money, go and put your money on me getting
him out of there before 12 rounds. That’s one thing I can guarantee. On
Saturday you’re getting smashed. All yesterday you done your big talk,
and then you come over and wanted to shake hands. Don’t shake my hand,
I’m serious, you are getting smashed.

“I’m better than you in every department. Look at my opponents and then
look at your opponents – I’ve had better opponents. This is a stepping
stone for me to push onto the next level. This is the level that he’s
going to stay at.”

“There’s levels. A lot of people keep saying how there’s levels to
boxing. He’s beaten a washed up Carson Jones. Every person you’ve beat
is nothing like me. My name is Asinia ‘DGhost’. You haven’t ever met me
in the ring.

“To be fair, the British title means nothing. I’m a fighter, and that’s
what I do, I fight. It means nothing. I won’t even have the British, as
soon as I get it I’m going to give it to my homie. I don’t even care
about it. I’m just a fighter and I have to fight to live. That’s the
reason why I fight. I fight because I’ve had a bad past and this is the
only way I can get through my day to day life.”

Ryan Doyle – Gorton, England – 17-2-1, 9 KOs – making the first
defence of his Commonwealth Featherweight title against Jordan Gill:

“I’m looking forward to the fight now. My preparation for the fight has
been perfect. Everything has gone well. The British title is there on
the horizon but I’m looking forward to getting this first defence of my
Commonwealth belt out of the way first of all. I’ve got to beat Jordan
Gill first. It’s been a long and hard road and I need to get the job
done on Saturday night.”

“There’s a great buzz in the gym and a really good atmosphere. Everyone
really pushes each other and everyone really learns off each other. I
think that’s going to hold me in good stead on Saturday night.

“I’m ready for whatever comes at me and I’ve got the experience. It’s a
big step up but one that I’ve been craving for for a long time. It’s an
opportunity that I’m glad to have. I’m not sure how the fight is going
to go. That’s the thing about boxing, nobody knows until they get in
there. Anything can happen. The trick is dealing with whatever comes at
you and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to dictate the terms and
deal with whatever comes at me.”

“It’s been a long time coming. It’s time now to show everyone what I’m
really about. I’ve watched a couple of videos of his fights and he’s not
a bad little boxer – he’s a good little mover. But there’s levels in
boxing and I think I’m a couple of levels above him. I’ll go in there
and do the business on Saturday night and hopefully after that we can
push on for the British title.”

“We’ve worked very hard in the gym. Everything has been very consistent,
even since before this fight got announced. I’m looking forward to
doing my thing, showing everything that I’ve been working on in the gym.
I’m just itching to go. The drive is there, the hunger is there. He
won’t deal with everything that I have to offer.

“Changing trainer is going to help a lot. For most of this camp I’ve
been working with Angel Fernandez. It’s been a great camp. I’ve been
working on so many new things that I couldn’t wait to train the next day
– that’s the type of hunger and motivation that I have.

“It’s going to be explosive, it’s going to be electrifying and exciting. I’m knocking him out.”

“Any names out there that want to fight, I’m happy to fight them. For me
once you reach a certain level it’s not about taking backward steps and
fighting opponents that people don’t know. I just want to fight on TV
and I want to fight the fights that the fans want to see. I’ll move
forward and I’ll continue my journey. I’ll fight the rest of the guys
out there in the division. When the time is right, me and Lawrence will
fight again.

“Unless you’ve turned into the ‘Hulk’ since the last time I checked, no
disrespect, but you are not the biggest of punchers. I don’t look at you
lightly. I think you’re talented, I do. But let’s face it, you don’t go
knocking people out. You don’t ice people, so please explain why you
think you’re going to ice me.”

“I’m looking forward to pushing on. I was looking forward to pushing on
for this title fight. We’ve been in camp for 14 weeks, I had my head
down just training and working hard.

“Unfortunately I’ve been waiting for Jake Ball since he called me out in
June. Unfortunately he had a little bruise on his hand and decide that
he’s going to pull the plug on fight week. It’s a silly excuse. I can’t
sit around.

“I’ve got to push on and move on from here. There’s a lot of good fights
in the Light-Heavyweight division and a lot of title fights. I think
Jake Ball needs to go and redeem his loss against JJ McDonagh because
nobody has time to waste and wait for him. I’d like to fight Frank
Buglioni in a rematch and avenge my loss.”